- Date
- October 14, 1980
- Place
- Crestline, CA · CRESTLINE, CA
- Injuries
- 4 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2212DPiper PA-28
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801014056949A
- Case key
- 128077
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3599 80/10/14 NR.CRESTLINE,CA PIPER PA-28 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 92 TOTAL TIME - 1700 N2212D PX- 3 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 20 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAS VEGAS,NV LONG BEACH,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HAIL WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER - TURBULENCE, ASSOCIATED W/CLOUDS AND/OR THUNDERSTORMS WEATHER - OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION WEATHER - THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEATHER BRIEFING - OTHER WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 3 MILES OR LESS HAIL OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS BLOWING SAND UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR REMARKS- BRIEFED BY ANOTHER PILOT WHO WAS BRIEFED BY FSS BY TELEPHONE.WITNESS STATED WIND GUSTS TO 35MPH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2212D
- Reported as
- Piper PA-28
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.